OverDrive Checkouts

Crosby Book Club will meet Friday, November 17 at 2 pm to discuss Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop. Described as "a sparcely beautiful novel", Death Comes is a narrative about two missionaries living in the American Southwest of the 19th century. Their travels and encounters with Mexican Americans, Spanish settlers, and Native Americans give the reader a unique portrait of life and faith, while Cather's exquisitely detailed descriptions of the region paint an unsurpassed vision of the stark and scenic landscape.

New members are welcome. Copies of the book are available for check out at the front desk.

For those who wish to vote prior to the November 7 general and special elections, Crosby Branch Library is a convenient early voting location. The early voting period begins Monday, October 23 and ends Friday, November 3.

Please join us on Friday, October 20 at 2 pm to discuss News of the World, by Paulette Jiles. A Gulf Coast Reads selection, this story takes place just after the Civil War on the Texas frontier. Captain Jefferson Kidd is tasked with returning a young girl to her family, four years after she was abducted by Kiowa Indians. The land is hostile, law and order random, and as if that weren't challenge enough, the girl's heart is still with her Kiowa family. This National Book Award finalist, inspired by true accounts, is a western not to be missed by lovers of historical fiction.

The 30th anniversary of the current library building, and renaming ceremony, will be celebrated in the meeting room on Monday, October 16. Join us for refreshments and remininiscences at our Open House from 4 pm - 6 pm, with ribbon cutting to take place at 6 pm.Speakers will follow until 7 pm. This program is free and open to the public.